Many escapes in Moonrise’

Thursday

Oct 18, 2012 at 6:00 AM

By Rob Lowman los angeles daily news

Wes Anderson takes us to another slightly humorous, slightly melancholy, slightly off-kilter world in “Moonrise Kingdom.”

It’s the story of two gifted and sensitive 12-year-olds who run away from the sad world of adults and set up camp on a remote inlet on a New England island called New Penzance. Romantics Suzy (Kara Hayward) and Sam (Jared Gilman) are on the fringes of adolescence. Why they would want to grow up is anybody’s guess.

Suzy’s parents (Bill Murray and Frances McDormand) think of her as troubled. Sam lives in a foster home with a couple who are planning to return him because they believe he’s emotionally disturbed.

Anderson shows us enough of the adults’ own disturbing emotions, including those of a slightly nutty scoutmaster (Edward Norton), so that you feel relief when the young couple flee.

Written by Anderson and Roman Coppola, “Moonrise Kingdom” is wonderfully filmed by Robert Yeoman, making it feel more imagined than real. It’s a droll, funny tale of a strange realm where, despite sadness and fears, magic is always a possibility for Suzy and Sam.

Extras include “A Look Inside Moonrise Kingdom” and a behind-the-scenes featurette set tour with Murray.

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“Neil Young Journeys,” from Jonathan Demme, is taken from the final two performances of the rocker’s 2011 solo tour at Toronto’s Massey Hall in support of the album “Le Noise.”

Longtime Young fans will know the famed concert venue from “Live at Massey Hall 1971.” (Long bootlegged, the video of his solo show was finally released as an album in 2007.)

Fans also will know the first line of one of the songs he sings, “Helpless:” “There is a town in north Ontario.” The reference is to Young’s small hometown of Omemee, a three-hour car ride northeast of Toronto. So for the documentary, Demme had the rocker — who loves vintage cars — drive around the burg in a 1956 Ford Crown Victoria and talk about his memories of growing up there.

Between the remembrances and the music, it’s a pretty interesting combination for fans.

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“Mad Men: Season Five” finds Jon Hamm’s Don Draper and his cohorts at Sterling Cooper Draper Pryce adapting to changes in the culture and dealing with the social revolution of the mid-1960s. Despite going zero for 17 at the Emmys last month, the AMC series is still one of the best shows on TV.

Extras include the best one-liners from the series; a featurette on the history of daylight saving time; a profile of metaphysical artist Giorgio de Chirico; an inside look at author Truman Capote’s black-and-white masquerade ball; a behind-the-scenes look at scoring the series; a series of Newsweek magazine covers that share the top stories of 1965; and commentaries on every episode.